Data Designer/ Data BSA

Job Title: Data Designer/ Data BSA
Job Location: Toronto, ON
Job Type: Contract

Job Description:

• Work with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business and data requirements.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications, data requirements, and design documentation.
• Analyze source systems, data structures, data flows, and data transformation requirements.
• Work with Databricks-based data platforms to understand data processing, datasets, and analytical requirements.
• Prepare source-to-target data mapping documents and data transformation specifications.
• Analyze financial data and business processes to identify data gaps, inconsistencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with data engineers, architects, developers, QA teams, and business stakeholders.
• Define business rules, data definitions, field-level mappings, and data validation criteria.
• Support data reconciliation, functional testing, UAT, and issue resolution.
• Maintain clear documentation of requirements, assumptions, dependencies, and design decisions.
• Ensure delivered data solutions meet business, reporting, and financial data requirements.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 5 7 years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst (BSA), preferably in data-focused projects.
• Hands-on or working knowledge of Databricks.
• Strong finance domain experience is mandatory.
• Experience gathering requirements, conducting stakeholder discussions, and preparing functional documentation.
• Understanding of data mapping, data flows, data analysis, and data validation.
• Ability to translate business requirements into clear specifications for technical teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional business and technology teams.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in banking, financial services, financial reporting, payments, accounting, or related finance projects.
• Exposure to data warehousing, data integration, and analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with SQL and data reconciliation.
• Experience supporting UAT and validating data-related business requirements.

Ideal Candidate Profile: A Data BSA or Business Systems Analyst with 5 7 years of experience, strong finance domain knowledge, and Databricks exposure. Candidates with experience in data mapping, financial data analysis, and translating business requirements into technical specifications are preferred.